Kat J. Bormann is a Scientist II at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory/California Institute of Technology. She is the Project Scientist for the JPL Airborne Snow Observatory, an integrated imaging spectrometer and LiDAR system to give the first-ever comprehensive, near real-time maps of snow water equivalent and snow reflectivity in mountain basins.

Dr. Bormann has applied mixed pixel analysis algorithms to new sensors for remote sensing of snow properties to supplement long-term observations of mountain snow cover (MODIS, VIIRS). She also has expertise in understanding the spatial and temporal variability of snow density, a property which allows the conversion of snow depth measurements to snow water equivalent (water content).